coxus
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Attested in the writings of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas and various late glosses.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔk.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔk.sus]
Adjective
coxus (feminine coxa, neuter coxum); first/second-declension adjective (rare)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | coxus | coxa | coxum | coxī | coxae | coxa | |
| genitive | coxī | coxae | coxī | coxōrum | coxārum | coxōrum | |
| dative | coxō | coxae | coxō | coxīs | |||
| accusative | coxum | coxam | coxum | coxōs | coxās | coxa | |
| ablative | coxō | coxā | coxō | coxīs | |||
| vocative | coxe | coxa | coxum | coxī | coxae | coxa | |
Descendants
- Asturian: coxu, cuexu
- Aragonese: coixo
- Catalan: coix
- Galician: coxo
- Portuguese: coxo, coixo
- Spanish: cojo
References
- "coxus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “coxo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 130